{"id":5334,"date":"2007-12-07T16:39:01","date_gmt":"2007-12-07T11:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2007-12-07T16:39:01","modified_gmt":"2007-12-07T11:09:01","slug":"summoning-the-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/summoning-the-gods\/","title":{"rendered":"Summoning the Gods"},"content":{"rendered":"

WTF news of the day<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

A judge in India has summoned two Hindu gods, Ram and Hanuman, to help resolve a property dispute.<\/p>\n

Judge Sunil Kumar Singh in the eastern state of Jharkhand has issued adverts in newspapers asking the gods to “appear before the court personally”.<\/p>\n

The gods have been asked to appear before the court on Tuesday, after the judge said that letters addressed to them had gone unanswered.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The legal system in India is rather slow, and who can tell if the case will get resolved first or the Gods will appear.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere: Buddha questions existence of Lord Ram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(BBC link via separate emails from Vipin K, Kaushal Desai and Anand Gadiyar.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WTF news of the day<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

A judge in India has summoned two Hindu gods, Ram and Hanuman, to help resolve a property dispute.<\/p>\n

Judge Sunil Kumar Singh in the eastern state of Jharkhand has issued adverts in newspapers asking the gods to “appear before the court personally”.<\/p>\n

The gods have been asked to appear before the court on Tuesday, after the judge said that letters addressed to them had gone unanswered.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The legal system in India is rather slow, and who can tell if the case will get resolved first or the Gods will appear.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere: Buddha questions existence of Lord Ram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(BBC link via separate emails from Vipin K, Kaushal Desai and Anand Gadiyar.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nSummoning the Gods - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/summoning-the-gods\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summoning the Gods - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WTF news of the day: A judge in India has summoned two Hindu gods, Ram and Hanuman, to help resolve a property dispute. 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